Lock.



PATENTED DEC. 13, 1904.

D. R. REEPE.

LOCK.

APPLIOATION FILED 13120.24, 1903.

N0 MODEL.

no. 777,1a1.

Patented December 13, 190%.

DANTEE it. REEFE, OF PLAlNFlElJD, Nflill/V JERSEY.

LUCM" SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 777,141,

dated December 13, 190d.

Application filed December 24, 1903. Serial No. 186,431. (No model.)

To all whom it may eon/eerie.-

Be it known that 1, DAN'rns R. Ru are, a citizen of the United States, residing at Plainiield, in the county of Union and State of New Jersey, have invented a new and useful improvement in Locks, of which the following is a specification.

Myinvention is designed especially, though not exclusively limited, to use with albums intended to contain photographs or family records. Books of this type, known family albums, are usually of considerable thickness, varying according to the number of photographs that the album is intended to contain and also varying according to the number of photographs actually inserted in them.

The object of my invention is a lock adapted to be placed on albums of this kind and which can be placed on various sizes of albums as originally made and which after being permanently connected to any album can be ad justed to accommodate itself to the varying thickness of the album as photographs are added or taken from the album.

A further object of my invention is to pro vide a lock which is adapted for use as a clasplock adapted to be opened without a key and which can also be used as a lock openable only with a suitable key, so that the album maybe simply temporarily locked or may be permanently locked to those not possessing the key.

My invention consists in the novel features of construction and combination of parts hereinafter described, particularly pointedout in the claims, and shown in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure l is a perspective view of my lock applied to an album. Fig. 2 is a longitudinal section through the lock, the lock being in position on the album. Fig. 3 is a perspective View of the connecting means between the two covers of the book detached and the lock removed. Fig. at is a plan view of the locking mechanism in detail, other parts being omitted, the bolt being shown in a disengaged position. Fig. 5 is a similar view, the spring-pressed lock being removed and the key-operated lock being shown with the parts in the position occupied when the bolt is shot.

i l I l .B, and the sleeve Fig. 6 is an elevation showing the key used with the lock shown in Figs. 4 and .ln thedrawings, A represents an album or other book, portfolio, or the like to which the lock is applied. A, swing-plate B is bent upon itself on a pintle H, and the two leaves formed by bending the plate are sprung apart, and

the free ed 'e of the rear cover of the book is forced between them, and the leaves of the plate are secured by rivets or other desired means to the inner and outer faces of the said cover, respectively. Along the bending-line the plate B is longitudinally and centrally cut out, exposing the pintle B, and to this portion of the pintle is hinged a plate, termed for convenience a sleeve 13", having its side edges bent inward to form guide-flanges, as is clearly shown in Fig. 3. A connectingplate H" is adapted to slide in the sleeve if, being guided by the 'i'ianges. The plate B has a rectangular cut-out or slotted portion B has formed on it, as by stamping, a shoulder B, which projects into the slot fern'iedin the connecting-plate it and limits the sliding movement of this plate with reference to the sleeve B To the plate h is hinged a rectangular piece of metal C, h in god to the plate approximately midway the slotted portionB and the upper end of the plate, and the piece 0 when lifted upward into a vertical position extends above the plane of the upper edge of the plate B. To the end of the piece C opposite the end hinged to the plate B" is hinged another metal plate (1, and to distinguish it from the other parts it will be termed a metal strip. This metal strip C is curved upwardly at its free end to form a guard U and the strip or tongue carrieson its under face a stud C, notched to form a keeper for one of the lockingdaolts.

The upper or front cover of the album is cut away or reduced in thickness adjacent its free edge, and in the recess thus formed is socured the casing l) of the lock proper. llhis casing has a cover 1,), having a larger area than the casing, and this cover is secured to the non-recessed portion of the allnuu-cover and conceals the cut-out portion and the lockcasc. The cover D is curved upward and then downwardly adjacent its free front edge and l extends downward over the front edge of the album or book cover and also over the upper edge of the connecting-plate B lying between that plate and the metal piece O. This piece being in front of the cover D, it is obvious that the tongue or strip C will rest upon the top of the cover D, the latter having a suitable aperture through which the keeper C" projects into the lock-casing. The connecting-plate B extends upward into the forward portion of the case D through a slot D and the plate B is apertured to receive the bolt of the Ward D which is pivoted within the easing, the ward having the curvatured recess D*. The ward is longitudinally slotted, and a stud secured in the back of the casing projects through this slot, and on this stud is pivoted a tumbler D The tumbler is slotted at D, and a shoulder D projects into this slot, the shoulder being integral with the tumbler and substantially dividing the slot into two portions connected by a narrow passage-way. A lug D, carried by the ward D projects upwardly into the slot and is alternately engaged on opposite sides by the shoulder D the shoulder beingheld in engagement with said lug by a spring D bearing on the tumbler D A suitable stop D limits rear movement of the ward D A stud E, carried by the back of the casing in alinement with the keyhole E, formed in the coverplate 1), forms a pivotal point for the key E to rotate on. A locking-bolt F is sli'dably arranged in the casing and is guided in its movements by a bifurcated portion which engages a stud or post F. A slot F is formed in the coverplate adjacent the keyhole E, and through this slot extends the shank of a button F, the shank at its lower inner end being connected to the bolt F, and by moving the button longitudinally on the cover-plate, the movement being limited by the length of the slot F the bolt F is engaged and disengaged from the keeper C It will be obvious from the above description and from the drawings that the lock described is adapted for use with books of varying thickness, and the sliding movement permitted in the plate B? will always allow the bolt-receiving aperture of the plate to be in perfect alinement with the bolt of the ward.

The operation of the lock is as follows: When the tongue C is folded down on the cover-plate D, the keeper C entersa suitable aperturein the cover-plate and is engaged by the bolt F, the latter being actuated by a suitl able bow-springG. The album is thuslocked and can be readily unlocked by moving the button F to the rear end of the slot F disengaging the locking-bolt F from its keeper, and the tongue C can be readily lifted by means of the curved guard (3 hen it is desired to doublelock the album, the parts being in the position shown in Fig. 4, the key is inserted and turned to theleft, a socket in the end of thekey fitting over the post or stud E. This movement brings the bit of the key into engagement with the recess of the ward D and also with a similar recess formed in the edge of the tumbler. This moves the ward and tumbler on their pivotal points and moves the shoulder of the tumbler away from the lug on the ward D The ward then moves forward, the tumbler remaining stationary, and the lug is passed through the narrow passage-way to the opposite side of the shoulder. As the bolt of the ward is shot forward into engagement with the bolt-receiving aperture of the connecting-plate B the bit of the key disengages from the recesses of the ward and tumbler and the shoulder again engages the lug on the ward, this time on the opposite side. To unlock, areverse operation takes place. it will be noted that the tongue C covers the keyhole, and before the key is inserted the tongue is first unlocked by movement of the button F its above described, and the tongue thrown bac z.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

1. A device of the kind described comprising a plate secured to one cover of a book, a lock secured upon the opposite cover, a plate loosely connected to the first-mentioned plate and apertured to receive the bolt of the lock, a tongue adapted to rest on the lock-casing, means for locking the tongue to the lock-casing, and means pivot-ally connecting the tongue and the apertured plate.

2. The combination with a plate secured to the free edge of a book-cover, of a plate hinged to the first-mentioned plate, a plate adapted to slide on the hinged plate and having a bolt-receiving aperture formed therein, a casing secured on the other book-cover in vertical alinement with the first-mentioned plate said casing having a keyhole therein, a key-operated bolt adapted to engage the bolt-receiving aperture of the connecting-plate, a metal piece hinged to the slidable plate intermediate the ends of said plate, a tongue hinged to the metal piece and adapted to lie over the lock-casing and keyhole, and means for locking the tongue to the said casing.

3. A device of the kind described comprising a lock-casing secured to a book-cover, a ward in said casing having a bolt adapted to be projected from the casing said ward being slotted, a stud secured to the casing and eX- tending into said slot, a tumbler pivoted on said stud, said tumbler being slotted and having a shoulder projecting into said slot, a spring bearing on the tumbler, a lug on the ward extending into said slot of the tumbler adapted to be engaged on alternate sides by the shoulder, a plate having an aperture adapted to prevent the insertion of a key into the casing to operate the Ward and tumbler.

4. A device of the kind described comprising-a plate adapted to be secured to one cover of a book, a lock adapted to be secured to the opposite cover, a sleeve hinged to the plate, I5 a conl'iecting-plate slidably secured in the sleeve and apertured to receive the lock-bolt, a tongue hinged to the connecting-plate and adapted to cover the lock keyhole, and e spring-actuated bolt adapted to lock the said 20 tongue.

DANTES R. REEFE. Witnesses:

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